Sky Digital Signal Problems

Guest

I have had an intermittent signal problem with my Digibox for over 6 months, so this weekend I changed the LNB. For 3 hours after this change all went fine, good signal strength and quality. Then some bad weather came in and the quality vanished but the strength stayed pretty much the same ???? The cable is flapping a bit in the wind and has been for many months - my question is - could the cable be causing this ??? Logic says if it has a break then surely the strength would vanish as well - or is it really down to alignment. I noticed the LNB has 5 skew angle settings - mine is on 3 at present - anyone know the best one?

Banned

You have to adjust the skew for the best performance on both polarities. If you have water in the cable, it can affect the quality and not necessarily the strength, due to reflections within the cable.

Guest

Thanks for that. The previous owner only used a bit of plastic tape on the connector so it is very likely there is water in the cable. Away on business for a couple of weeks, I'll replace when I return and advise if fixed.

Standard Member

3 & 2 are usually the best settings for the UK. If the cable is flapping around it sounds like you didn't have the best install. If it were me i would get the dish alignment checked and replace the cable.One quick call to Sky with the threat of cancelled subsciption should see you you sorted for nowt.